Morphological information

A small evergreen shrub 0.3- 0.6 m with stems up to 2 cm diameter, the basal portion more or les procumbent and densely branched. Bark slightly rough, pinkish brown or grey, exfoliating in papery strips. Young shoots scaly and pubescent. Leaves 1.3- 3.3 by 0.8- 2 cm, crowded towards the end of the branches. Elliptic or elliptic oblong thick margins recurved, clothed above with scattered yellow scales when young. Becoming glabrous when mature, clothed beneath with a dense layer of scales, which are yellow on the young leaves becoming ferruginous as the leaves mature, subobutse at both ends. Petiole 2.5- 7.5 mm long. Flowers 1.5- 2 cm diameter, very pale yellow and almost translucent, in dense 4-12 flowered corymbs. Pedicels very short. Corolla tube 7.5-13 mm long, cylindric, lobes spreading elliptic-obovate. Ovary scaly. Capsule 2.5- 5 mm long, ovoid, tapering gradually to a blunt point, prominently 5-ribbed, dotted with pale yellowish scales and capped by the short erect style 1.2 mm long.

Flowering                    : May-July

Fruiting                       : October-November

History                       :

Parts                           : Flowers, leaves.

Status                         : Vulnerable.

Phytochemistry          : β- sitosterol, friedelin, ursolic acid and quercetin isolated from leaves.